Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) hits a double in the third inning.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) hits a double in the third inning.

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Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) stands on second after hitting a double in the third inning.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) stands on second after hitting a double in the third inning.

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Astros right fielder George Springer in the dugout in the second inning.

Astros right fielder George Springer in the dugout in the second inning.

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Astros catcher Carlos Corporan (22) smiles and waves between first pitches before the start of the game.

Astros catcher Carlos Corporan (22) smiles and waves between first pitches before the start of the game.

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Johnny Hammond, who turns 98-years-old tomorrow, sings the national anthem.

Johnny Hammond, who turns 98-years-old tomorrow, sings the national anthem.

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Johnny Hammond, who turns 98-years-old tomorrow, sings the national anthem.

Johnny Hammond, who turns 98-years-old tomorrow, sings the national anthem.

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Astros manager Bo Porter speaks to the media before the game.

Astros manager Bo Porter speaks to the media before the game.

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Astros starting pitcher Scott Feldman celebrates with catcher Carlos Corporan after the final out of a complete-game shutout of the Texas Rangers at Minute Maid Park. less

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Astros right fielder Jake Marisnick beats the throw to Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre as he advances on a fly ball by Matt Dominguez during the seventh inning.

Astros right fielder Jake Marisnick beats the throw to Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre as he advances on a fly ball by Matt Dominguez during the seventh inning.

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Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez ranges to his left to snare a hot grounder off the bat of Rangers shortstop Ryan Rua.

Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez ranges to his left to snare a hot grounder off the bat of Rangers shortstop Ryan Rua.

On the field or off, the Astros have found it almost impossible to go long without an embarrassing moment during Jim Crane’s ownership.

Whether it has been the vendor taking his products into the bathroom stall or Jeff Luhnow failing to sign the club’s No. 1 overall pick, the public relations hits have been numerous and consistent.

By design with consistently low payrolls, the play has also led to quite a few embarrassing moments on the field while the club stocked up on high draft picks with the worst record in baseball the previous three seasons.

Even by those low standards, however, the Astros accomplished a rare daily double Friday. The dysfunctional relationship between Luhnow and manager Bo Porter was exposed on a national stage by foxsports.com early in the day, and then the Rangers embarrassed Crane’s club 13-6 at Minute Maid Park at night.

The Rangers pulled away with a four-run rally in the fourth inning to take a 6-1 lead against Brett Oberholtzer and then put an exclamation point on the evening with a five-run rally in the seventh off Jake Buchanan to go ahead 13-1 in the seventh before an intimate crowd of 18,931 to tie the four-game series at one game apiece.

“Let’s look at tonight as a night where we didn’t pitch too well and we didn’t have it early,” Porter said. “They jumped out to a big lead. You put it behind you and come back tomorrow and you go get them.”

Despite the loss against the team with the worst record in baseball, however, the Astros still have a comfortable 9-5 lead over the Rangers in the 2014 the Lone Star Series.

Oberholtzer (4-9) gave up nine hits and seven runs with one walk and two strikeouts over 41⁄3 innings for the loss. Buchanan then gave up six hits and six runs (five earned) with one walk and two strikeouts over 22⁄3 innings.

Oberholtzer’s problems began when he issued a leadoff walk to Daniel Robertson in the first. Elvis Andrus followed with an RBI double to left.

“I walked the first guy to lead off the game, and ever since then it went downhill,” Oberholtzer said. “I’ll just go about it how I would if I came off a good start, forget about the past and move forward.”

Marwin Gonzalez led off the bottom of the first for the Astros with a single to left. He reached second on Jose Altuve’s groundout to third and tied the score at 1 on Dexter Fowler’s two-out, RBI single to center.

Michael Choice set up the Rangers’ second run with a one-out double down left field line in the third inning. Robertson followed with a single to left and then stole second. Andrus gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with a sacrifice fly to right.

The Rangers pulled away in the fourth on Tomas Telis’ bloop RBI single to center and Choice’s monstrous three-run home run off the façade behind the Crawford Boxes.

“Everything was falling,” Oberholtzer said. “I was not hitting too many spots. They were putting good swings on the ball. They were very aggressive and putting some good swings on it.”